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About the Role

Accountable for providing leadership and guidance to a team implementing relationship management strategies for Ontario registered pension plans. This role involves managing a diverse portfolio of pension plans, assessing compliance, administration, governance, and risk management practices, with a focus on asset transfer, plan wind-up, and surplus-related applications.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and expertise to engage a diverse group of pension plans.
• Formulates strategies, tactics, and approaches to identify and resolve plan administration and governance issues.
• Leads engagements with plan administrators, sponsors, beneficiaries, unions, and their respective consultants, actuaries, and lawyers.
• Works with pension stakeholders to resolve identified issues, ensuring the protection of pension plan beneficiaries and promoting good administration.
• Provides expert advice on Ontario’s pension legislative framework and FSRA’s Pensions Guidance and policies.
• Protects the benefits of plan beneficiaries by identifying plan-specific risks, including poor administration and governance factors.
• Identifies emerging trends and risks in pension plans and across the pension sector.
• Conducts analysis and prepares reports for the review of applications of asset transfers, surplus sharing agreements, and wind-ups.
• Challenges and encourages pension plan sponsors and administrators to adopt appropriate best practices.
• Leads and participates in strategic initiatives and projects, including conceptualization, development, and implementation.
• Provides leadership and peer review to junior team members.
• Works collaboratively with teams across Pensions, including multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Exercises and implements appropriate FSRA statutory and regulatory powers to improve outcomes for pension plan beneficiaries.
• Leads the team in the review and evaluation of pension legislation, policies, and guidelines.
• Coordinates recommendations and suggestions for senior management review.
• Prepares reports for senior management.

Requirements

• Degree in business, finance, actuarial science, accounting, auditing, mathematics, or a related field or a professional designation.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of pension-related industry experience.
• Understanding of the financial, actuarial, and operational aspects of pension plans.
• Experience in risk management and pension regulatory review principles and methods.
• Experience in managing pension plans in distress, companies in financial difficulty, or similar recovery and restructuring situations and PBGF claims.
• Demonstrated knowledge of structures, operations, programs, and products of the financial services sectors.
• Experience in effective stakeholder management with diverse and conflicting mandates and objectives.
• Excellence in negotiation to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

Skills

• Demonstrated knowledge of pension plan administration principles and processes.
• Demonstrated knowledge of pension governance and pension risk management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Pension Benefits Act and regulations and pension legislation of the federal government and other provincial jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of general pension industry and pension plan regulation and design issues and trends.
• General knowledge of the concept of principles-based regulation.
• Proven ability to drive and champion change for new approaches, best practices, systems, and standards.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proven project management and technical leadership skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed environment.
• Proven oral and written communications skills.
• Proven interpersonal and influencing skills.

Location

• Ontario

Work Type

• Fixed Term
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 7-10 years

Education Level

• Degree in business, finance, actuarial science, accounting, auditing, mathematics, or a related field or a professional designation.

Salary/Compensations

• $92,976.00 - $135,136.00

Benefits

• Employer-matched defined benefit pension plan
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits plan
• Investment in personal and professional growth
• Prioritization of learning and development
• Prioritization of wellbeing
• Prioritization of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging
• Prioritization of community giving

About the Company

• FSRA's vision is to ensure financial safety, fairness, and choice for Ontarians.
• As a financial services regulator, FSRA is passionate about protecting consumers.
• FSRA's principles-based approach allows for quick and effective response to the changing needs of consumers and the industry.
• The team combines industry expertise with a commitment to public service.
• FSRA attracts individuals interested in meaningful work who measure success through outcomes.

Equal Opportunity

• FSRA is committed to ensuring equity in employment.
• The goal is to create a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities served.
• Services and communications are designed to be accessible to all individuals.
• Accommodation is available under the Ontario Human Rights Code.